pennsicdance: OOP Dance

[John White]

Greg Lindahl wrote:
> 
> >     Of course, what is actually OOP?  Sellenger's Round is not in the
> > 1651 edition of Playford, but I've never heard it called OOP....
> 
> The whole reason behind GOOP -- grossly out of period -- as a term is
> to avoid that can of worms. I have not seen *anyone* ever suggest that
> we should include dances like Sellenger's Round into the list of
> dances that don't get done before midnight.
> 
> -- gb

    Neither have I, nor would I - as I've been told (and it works for
me), there's nothing about Sellinger's that isn't present in many of
the dances in the 1651 edition. 

    Just a tiny hint of what some of the more literal-minded might
object to, that's all.

           \\Dafydd

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